The Walt Disney Company hiring Project Manager in Celebration, FL | LinkedIn (2024)

Yellow Shoes is the award-winning, in-house agency that develops creative strategies and solutions to support the Walt Disney Parks & Resorts segment… driving individual business results while optimally presenting and building the brand and overall Disney reputation.

What makes us successful is an intimate knowledge of, and unique integration within, each individual WDPR business. Project Management is the internal agency engine, linking all agency functions and leading projects end-to-end to deliver a high volume of projects on-time and on-budget. Project Management works closely with Account Management, Creative, and Production to help deliver WDPR business results and strengthen the Yellow Shoes agency reputation. Are you ready to join this team and make an impact? If so, we encourage you to apply!

You will report to the Senior Manager of Project Management.

What You Will Do

• Develop detailed project schedules and ensure that Account, Creative, and Production are aligned and aware of key project milestones. Update timelines as needed and call out potential conflicts.
• Shepherd projects from beginning to end as the established “go to” person on progress and status, and ensure projects are updated in Workfront as milestones are met
• When developing timelines, ensure that internal and external partner input is accounted for (Public Relations, Public Affairs, Customer Engagement, Pixar, etc.)
• Lead weekly status meetings with core team to ensure everyone is aware of where projects are in the pipeline and near-term deliverables
• Proactively call out scheduling, resource or other issues well in advance and offer up creative solutions for addressing them
• Ensure the team is aware of timing implications on requested changes and communicate to all impacted partners
• Follow up with teams to ensure revisions are being made and shared with CDs and Creative VP prior to the next regroup
• Act as the liaison between Account, Creative, and Business Affairs to ensure all work is being vetted at the appropriate stages Project Manager
• Partner with Account Management to initiate projects in Workfront

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Solid understanding of communication mediums including video, print, digital, social, email, collateral, OOH, and the production process supporting each
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to effectively lead a high volume of projects and related tactics once they come into the agency… leading the details and timelines from project inception to delivery
• Strong at viewing both the big picture while still being very detail oriented; highly accountable to delivering what is expected on-time
• Effective relationship building skills with Account, Creative, and Production peers, and ability to influence and demonstrate those relationships to get the work done; seen as a core part of the team
• Effective critical thinking and problem solving skills, not just adhering to project dates that have been established, with a sense of urgency
• Possess a thorough knowledge of the full agency process and ability to be flexible… looking at all project deliverables to determine overlap, find efficiencies, and prioritize across work businesses and projects
• Motivated self-starter, ability to work independently with minimum direction
• 3-5 years of professional marketing, ad agency, project management, or related experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledgeable of the full agency Project Management process
• Experience with Work Front and/or other project management tools

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience

Additional Information

Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits

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